The Place Where the Light Enters

events that took place in Afghanistan during

the late '70s when the Soviets invaded and

ruthlessly murdered hundreds of thousands of

intellectuals, businessmen and professionals.

Directly before that time, Farida's father

was the mayor of Mazār-e Sharif, the

country's fourth largest city, before that

time. Farida was among the fortunate who

managed to escape, eventually emigrating to

the U.S.

As you read her work you will enter the

enchanted world of Rumi, Hafiz, and other

highly celebrated Middle-Eastern writers.

You will fall in love with Setara; she will be

your heroine forever because of her

extraordinary sensitivity and her poetic

soul.